Environment
Trump halts big offshore wind project, killing 1,000 jobs
August 27, 2025Sean McGarvey, president of North America’s Building Trades Unions, condemned the resulting job cuts.
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New crisis in miners’ health brings troubling memories
August 26, 2025Screening systems and compensation for victims of Black Lung has been the focus of decades of struggle by unionized miners and their allies.
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Repeal of EPA’s Endangerment Finding a deadly threat
August 22, 2025Trump’s appointment of Lee Zeldin to head the agency was a boondoggle to the fossil fuel industry.
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Kids and teens try again to force federal govt. to combat climate change
August 14, 2025Undaunted by defeats in the courts—including the U.S. Supreme Court—the kids and teens who launched a lawsuit a decade ago to force the federal government to combat climate change are trying again.
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Investigator: Pennsylvania coke plant blast that killed two ‘shouldn’t have happened’
August 14, 2025As part of Trump’s massive deregulation push, the EPA trashed rules that would be useful for preventing future incidents like this one.
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